]]>http://customercommons.org/2015/03/03/wheres-grandma-dont-worry-shes-wearing-haiers-new-super-snooping-wearable/feed/0These ‘privacy glasses’ make you invisible to facial recognitionhttp://customercommons.org/2015/03/02/these-privacy-glasses-make-you-invisible-to-facial-recognition/
http://customercommons.org/2015/03/02/these-privacy-glasses-make-you-invisible-to-facial-recognition/#commentsMon, 02 Mar 2015 15:16:22 +0000http://customercommons.org/?p=1876AVG shows off its… privacy glasses?
You’re going out with friends mid-week, and you don’t want the boss/significant other/parole officer to find out. But it’s a birthday celebration, and Facebook’s auto-tagging the pictures your buddies upload like a dirty snitch. The first piece of advice: never “friend” your parole officer. The second?
Read more: http://www.engadget.com/2015/03/01/avg-invisibility-specs/
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]]>http://customercommons.org/2015/03/02/these-privacy-glasses-make-you-invisible-to-facial-recognition/feed/0Apple boss: Internet snooping ‘won’t catch terrorists’http://customercommons.org/2015/03/01/apple-boss-internet-snooping-wont-catch-terrorists/
http://customercommons.org/2015/03/01/apple-boss-internet-snooping-wont-catch-terrorists/#commentsSun, 01 Mar 2015 19:10:07 +0000http://customercommons.org/?p=1874You don’t want to eliminate everyone’s privacy. If you do, you not only don’t solve the terrorist issue but you also take away something that is a human right. The consequences of doing that are very significant. – Tim Cook, CEO, AppleThe head of technology giant Apple believes privacy is a “basic human right” and no government or private company should be able to access personal information, he said in an interview.
Tim Cook, CEO of the US firm, also said invading people’s privacy would not solve the issue of terrorism and would punish the “99.999% of people who are good”.
Read more: http://www.itv.com/news/update/2015-02-28/apple-boss-internet-snooping-wont-catch-terrorists/
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]]>http://customercommons.org/2015/03/01/apple-boss-internet-snooping-wont-catch-terrorists/feed/0Samsung’s Smart TV ‘surveillance’ prompts FTC complainthttp://customercommons.org/2015/02/26/samsungs-smart-tv-surveillance-prompts-ftc-complaint/
http://customercommons.org/2015/02/26/samsungs-smart-tv-surveillance-prompts-ftc-complaint/#commentsThu, 26 Feb 2015 18:41:45 +0000http://customercommons.org/?p=1871Users are “so outraged” by the company’s recording and transmission practices that they are calling for class action lawsuits!
A complaint filed by a privacy group to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission charged that Samsung’s Smart TVs intercept and record private communications of consumers in their homes, violating a number of rules including the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act.
The Electronic Privacy Information Center has asked the FTC to investigate and stop the practice by Samsung of collecting private communications and transmitting the recordings to a third party.
Read more: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2889472/samsung-faces-complaint-in-us-ftc-over-smart-tv-surveillance.html
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http://customercommons.org/2015/02/23/lenovo-faces-lawsuit-for-pre-installing-superfish-adware/#commentsMon, 23 Feb 2015 21:30:49 +0000http://customercommons.org/?p=1869Superfish could enable attackers to impersonate shopping, banking and other websites and steal users’ credit card numbers and other personal data.
A class action lawsuit has been filed against Lenovo after it emerged that the company pre-installed adware that made customers vulnerable to HTTPS man-in-the-middle attacks.
The lawsuit was reportedly filed by Jessica N. Bennet in California, despite Lenovo admitting that pre-installing Superfish was a mistake and issuing an open-source tool to remove the software.
Read more: http://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240241032/Lenovo-faces-lawsuit-for-pre-installing-Superfish-adware
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]]>http://customercommons.org/2015/02/23/lenovo-faces-lawsuit-for-pre-installing-superfish-adware/feed/0The NSA has hacked your phone: What you need to know, and how to protect yourselfhttp://customercommons.org/2015/02/21/the-nsa-has-hacked-your-phone-what-you-need-to-know-and-how-to-protect-yourself/
http://customercommons.org/2015/02/21/the-nsa-has-hacked-your-phone-what-you-need-to-know-and-how-to-protect-yourself/#commentsSat, 21 Feb 2015 20:58:36 +0000http://customercommons.org/?p=1867The NSA and GCHQ have had access to the vast majority of cell phone communications (even encrypted communication) around the world since 2010!
Each passing leak from former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden seems to paint a darker picture of the state of privacy and data security in the United States, and the world at large. At this point we’ve heard about mass surveillance of nude Webcam chats, the NSA tapping international leaders’ phones, mass metadata collection, spies pretending to be Facebook to infect computers, and countless other programs. Now, an even more frightening Snowden leak has appeared on the Intercept.
Read more: http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/nsa-gchq-sim-card-hack-snowden-leak-news
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]]>http://customercommons.org/2015/02/21/the-nsa-has-hacked-your-phone-what-you-need-to-know-and-how-to-protect-yourself/feed/0Google’s lip service to privacy cannot conceal that its profits rely on your datahttp://customercommons.org/2015/02/20/googles-lip-service-to-privacy-cannot-conceal-that-its-profits-rely-on-your-data/
http://customercommons.org/2015/02/20/googles-lip-service-to-privacy-cannot-conceal-that-its-profits-rely-on-your-data/#commentsFri, 20 Feb 2015 13:13:26 +0000http://customercommons.org/?p=1865The battle lines are drawn between those wishing to protect personal information – and a firm, Google, that is the largest practical gateway to information on the internet. After the European Court of Justice ruled that there was a “right to be forgotten” from Google’s search results, Google’s Advisory Council embarked on a roadshow aimed at debating the issue. While this debate poses many interesting questions, Google’s agenda is apparent in the way it has answered them – as revealed in the Advisory Council’s recently published report. Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2015-02-google-lip-privacy-conceal-profits.html
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]]>http://customercommons.org/2015/02/20/googles-lip-service-to-privacy-cannot-conceal-that-its-profits-rely-on-your-data/feed/0The Consumer Data Revolt Is Cominghttp://customercommons.org/2015/02/17/the-consumer-data-revolt-is-coming/
http://customercommons.org/2015/02/17/the-consumer-data-revolt-is-coming/#commentsTue, 17 Feb 2015 19:38:16 +0000http://customercommons.org/?p=1862Doc Searls, who calls it vendor-relationship management, has been trying to drum up support, and there has been startup after startup aiming to help manage Personal Data.
It has been almost a week now since health insurer Anthem disclosed that hackers had gotten hold of data on 80 million of its customers. Which just means we’re that much closer to the disclosure of the next giant data hack.
This is going to keep happening, obviously. One big reason is that, for Anthem and lots of other companies that possess our most sensitive data, protecting it isn’t the core of their business.
Read more: http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-02-10/after-anthem-hack-the-consumer-data-revolt-is-coming
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]]>http://customercommons.org/2015/02/17/the-consumer-data-revolt-is-coming/feed/0Data privacy becoming an Orwellian mazehttp://customercommons.org/2015/02/15/data-privacy-becoming-an-orwellian-maze/
http://customercommons.org/2015/02/15/data-privacy-becoming-an-orwellian-maze/#commentsSun, 15 Feb 2015 17:59:38 +0000http://customercommons.org/?p=1860Many may find themselves staggering blindfolded through an Orwellian maze with all manner of ‘third parties’ – official and unofficial – looking over their shoulders!The Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) ruling that GCHQ’s access to information intercepted by the NSA breached human rights laws is feeding a growing and increasingly heated global debate regarding the whole issue of digital privacy.
Earlier this month, the tribunal held that the British intelligence and security agency had been in breach of articles 8 and 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights, referring to the right to private family life and to freedom of expression.
Read more: http://www.itproportal.com/2015/02/14/data-privacy-becoming-orwellian-maze/#ixzz3RpzueOvW

]]>http://customercommons.org/2015/02/15/data-privacy-becoming-an-orwellian-maze/feed/0Can the ‘Internet of Things’ Preserve Privacy?: Lawmakershttp://customercommons.org/2015/02/12/can-the-internet-of-things-preserve-privacy-lawmakers/
http://customercommons.org/2015/02/12/can-the-internet-of-things-preserve-privacy-lawmakers/#commentsThu, 12 Feb 2015 20:57:06 +0000http://customercommons.org/?p=1858“It’s a time of great opportunity with what we have, but at the same time, where is our privacy?” said Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL).
Silicon Valley rolls out the next wave of connected cars, smart beds, and even Internet-friendly toothbrushes, lawmakers on Capitol Hill are grappling with how to spur innovation while protecting consumer privacy and security.
Those bipartisan concerns were on display during Wednesday’s Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation hearing on the “Internet of Things” — a catch-all term for the emerging market of Internet-connected devices that can talk to one another, but that also collect and transmit user data.
Read more: http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/innovation/can-internet-things-preserve-privacy-lawmakers-n304541
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